The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-02

JACKSONVILLE INVESTIGATES
AND GUARANTEES.


No Diagnosis in the Case of the Two
Deaths but Room for Grave Appre-
hension-Only Four New Cases and
Two Deaths at Tampa1in the Past
Twenty-Four Hours,
SANFORD, FLA, Nov. DR. Taylor, OF
Lake county, was here to-day investigating
the yellow fever rumor. He is thoroughly
satisfied that there is none here. He will
Immediately order Lake county's quarantine
off
DIR. Daniels, of Jacksonville, was here to
day, and is satisfied, personally, that there
is no yellow fever here. Not member of
the Board of Health could now officially adj
wise the quarantine raised. The doctor re-
turned to Jacksonville this morning. He
will lay the facts before the board. DR..
Drummer, of Savannah, is here, and will in
vestigate thoroughly He is likely to make
a post mortem examination of the colorel
woman who died Yesterday. and then make
all official report. The people are much
quieter than yesterday, and no alarm Is felt,
There is one case of slight malaria in the
city Father Swembergh, Of Orlando, died
in Tampa last night.
SANFORD GUARANTEED
JACKSONVILLE, Nov. 1.-The two deaths
from fever under suspicious circumstances
yesterday in Sanford induced the Duval
County Board of Health TO send DR.. Daniel,
yellow fever expert, down there last night
on a special train to ascertain the facts and
report Them Dr. Daniels returned this
afternoon and made an official report to the
Board of Health, in which he says
that no reliable diagnosis could be
obtained but adds: There is
under the Circumstances and | ain very sure
the authorities of Sanford are so Impressed
in regard to the matter themselves" Pre-
ferring to err on the safe side the Duval
county Board of Health has declared u
rigid quarantine against Sanford. Trains
Will not be allowed to run to the
latter city but will stop some miles out
and be met there by trains from Sanford
bringing the mails ana through passengers
Through passengers will not be allowed to
come to Jacksonville, but will be trans
ferred at the junction outside of the city
limits to roads leading north. Sanford is
1875 miles from Jacksonville by rail and 200
miles by river. The weather is cool and
there was heavy frost this morning There
are no fears of a spread of the disease
DIR. Caldwell wired the board to-day that
the quarantine station would be moved to
point between Plant City and Seffner so
as to stop all refugees on the four railroads
centreing thereabouts.
Father Slavrel, Vicar General of the
diocese of st. Augustine, located at Man
DARN, left yesterday for Tampa.
1t is said that third patient Ill under
suspicious circumstances is in precarious
condition at Sanford.
The board here were somewhat amused
over the BuIoch episode In reply to
their notification of the doctors arrest, the
Savannah board telegraphed that they had
- As,,.
regulations here and added: when you
have got through with him, will receive
him." The members were amused over the
philosophical way the case was treated, and
several jokes at DR. Dullochs expense were
INDUCED in. He is ''rusticating" at the
sand hills" as Duval's quarantine station
is called, but don't seem TO enjoy
the close attention recently paid him.
News is received here of the death of
Father Swembergh, the Catholic priest who
volunteered to go TO Tampa from Orlando
at the death of Father Peterman. Father
Swembergh came here year ago or so, and
then was sent TO Orlando. He was a promi-
nent figure in the late local option elections
there, as he opposed the temperance side
vigorously.
The Jacksonville and st. Augustine base
ball clubs will play match game here
Thursday on the fair grounds The pro-
ceeds are to be devoted to the Tampa SUI
ferers.
AGooD SHOWING AT TAMPA
TAMPA, FLA, Nov. To-day there
were but four new cases. and two deaths
from fever, Father Swembergh and L. P.
Anspaugh. Twenty-Five patients were dis
charged by the physicians to-day. There
has been no frost yet but the weather is
cool. But sixty cases are now under treat
ment Physicians advise refugees not to
retrn before the last of the month